Wired: The Mechanics of Hostage Rescue

Coming out for subscribers now and on newstands very soon: a cool look at the mechanics of rescuing hostages. When Wired asked me to do this piece for an entire package on 'how complicated things are done', I thought it had pretty long odds of ever seeing the light of day. I mean, getting special forces operators to talk shop isn't easy. But, you never know until you ask. And the worst response I ever got was "no." (And now I have U.S. Navy Special Warfare Command Public Affairs in my rolodex. Which is nice.)